4/13 Morning Communiqué

The College Republicans club at the University of Vermont was decertified after a $7,000 loan from the Student Government Association to pay Newt Gingrich for an October 2005 speech was not repaid. [via Undernews]

Mark McCarthy and colleagues at the University of Oxford found that small variations of the FTO gene on chromosome 16 may increase the risk of obesity.

A woman and her mother sued Best Buy and its Geek Squad computer repair team Wednesday, claiming they were legally responsible for dispatching a technician who allegedly videotaped the daughter taking a shower. [via ObscureStore]

MINNESOTA BLOG OF THE DAY

Alex, Matt, Elise, and Christopher Tassava blog about beer, REO Speedwagon working the Wal*Mart circuit, and Friday Poetry Blogging at After School Snack.